March - Week 1 (Meerkats)

What change should be made to sentence 2?

• Delete the comma after work

• Change funnier to funny

• Replace These with Them

• Make no change.

How should sentence 5 be changed?

• Replace Every with Some

• Change helps to helping

• Change an to a

• Change the period to a question mark

Which sentence does not support the ideas in paragraph 1 and needs to be deleted?

• Sentence 4

• Sentence 5

• Sentence 8

• Sentence 10

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 8?

• Change There to Their

• Change guards to guard

• Change keep to keeping

• Sentence 8 is written correctly.

What is the BEST way to combine sentences 6 and 7?

• Some adults go hunting because others babysit and care for the young.

• Babysitting, hunting, and caring for young are some of the things that adult meerkats do.

• Some adult meerkats hunt, babysit, and care for the young.

• Some adults go hunting, and others babysit and care for the young.

What change should be made to sentence 12?

• Change their to they're

• Replace are with was

• Insert a comma after scorpions

• No change is needed.

How should sentence 14 be changed?

• Replace an with a

• Replace Them with They

• Change helps to helped

• Change meerkats to meerkat’s

Which introductory sentence should be added before sentence 1?

• Of all the interesting animals in the world, the meerkat definitely stands out.

• Many creatures around the globe are active and live in groups.

• The meerkat has many different predators in the desert that can harm it.

• Very few animals can smell things underground like the meerkat does.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 9?

• Change make to making

• Insert a comma after sound

• Change ther'es to there’s

• No change is needed in sentence 9.

The writer wants to add another detail to paragraph 1. Which sentence could best follow and support sentence 9?

• Hawks, eagles, and snakes are just a few dangers that meerkats face.

• Lions roar when they are threatened and scorpions sting.

• Many types of lizards exist in desert regions.

• Several guards keep the Queen of England safe.